Neurobehavior

About the Core

The BCM IDDRC Neurobehavioral Core provides investigators at Baylor College of Medicine with expert consultation, access and training on many behavioral assays. We have two core facilities available, one located in the Transgenic Mouse Facility (TMF) and one in the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) animal facility.

IDDRC investigators receive priority use of the equipment and training opportunities. Collaborative studies for both rat and mouse behavior are available with Dr. Samaco.

Behavioral tests are available for a wide range of behaviors, including activity, anxiety, repetitive behaviors, motor coordination and function, sensory and sensorimotor, learning and memory, social behavior, and depression. Click here to see a full list of available assays.

Information for Users

Training for and use of the core facilities is currently available free of charge to all BCM investigators. When requesting training, please follow this process:

1. Email Dr. Samaco and/or Dr. Veeraragavan several weeks before beginning your studies for a consultation. It is not necessary to have an approved animal protocol for a consultation.

2. Update your lab's IACUC animal protocol(s) to include assays to be performed and all persons performing the assays. Please contact Dr. Veeraragavan for assistance with updating animal protocols so that the approved protocol is not significantly different than the core's working protocols.

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Acknowledgement

We ask that users acknowledge the IDDRC on all publications as follows:

"The project described was supported in part by the Neurobehavioral Core at Baylor College of Medicine, which is supported by IDDRC grant number U54HD083092 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health."